The Sudan
Cotton Co. has its Regional Management in Port Sudan The main activities of the
Regional Management are as follows :--
-- Receiving and storing of seed cotton at the company's Warehouses .
-- Loading of exported cotton to PortSudan ports
-- Clearing of all cotton for exportation.
-- Completion of all export formalities at different units in PortSudan.
-- Weighing of cotton to be ready for export.
-- Classification of exported cotton.
There are many sections and administrations in PortSudan :--
1] WAREHOUSES MANAGEMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS :--
-- Warehouse section .
-- Allocation & weighing section .
-- Other helping sections [ accounts & others ] .
-- Administration for testing & classification .
The S.C.C.L. owns 45 Warehouses near The Port. Each Warehouse is about 5000 SQ. Meters area. Safety Measures are taken into consideration . We have 4 fire stations with about 3 firemen in each station. We have also policemen for security purposes throughout the 24 houses . Early warning system was established within these Warehouses.
2] ADMINSTROTION FOR CLASSIFICATION & COTTON TESTING :-
Activities :--
-- Manual classing of cotton
-- Testing
-- Sampling
Classification :--
4% from each lot is classified manually to different grades .
Testing :--
Cotton tested by the following traditional equipments:--
-- Fibograph
-- Micronaire
-- Stelometer
-- Thermodetecor
HIGH VOLUME INSTRUMENT :--
Also the company owns a high volume instrument { apid tester} . This instrument tests all spinning & fibre characteristics of cotton { Length – Strength – Fineness – Elongation – Maturity – Trash content – Color } only stickiness is tested by the thermo-detector .
OTHER ACTIVITIES :--
-- Visiting cotton schemes.
-- Visiting the ginning factories.
-- Write reports about cotton seed classing & ginning.
-- Final report about each cotton season & cotton specifications.
-- Standard boxes & pulling types to Bremen & Liverpool for arbitration every two years.